Written questions

912 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that online marketplaces are held accountable for the sale of (a) unsafe and (b) non-compliant e-bike products.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking's report entitled Unregulated and unsafe: the threat of illegal e-Bikes, published in June 2025, whether her Department plans to suppo

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to include measures to tackle the use of (a) illegal and (b) unregulated e-bikes in its Road Safety Strategy.

8 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of a certification scheme for e-bikes to be carried on public transport; and whether she has had discussions with Transport for London on such a scheme.

4 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Recreation Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to ensure Travellers are not able to access public green spaces.

1 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, updated 6 June 2025, what steps she is taking to ensure that reforms will allow recognised refug

25 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mexico: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to to Amnesty International's report entitled No one guarantees my safety: the urgent need to strengthen Mexico’s federal policies for the protection of journa

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of clinical oncologists in regions with the lowest consultant-to-population ratios.

13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Danilo Benavides

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of the murder of Danilo Benavides in Arauca on 2 March 2025.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urinary Tract Infections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to include the (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment and (c) research of urinary tract infections in the (i) 10-year Health Plan and (ii) Women’s Health Strategy.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urinary Tract Infections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence plans to publish guidelines for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of chronic urinary tract i

9 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mexico: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help support at-risk human rights defenders in (a) Mexico and (b) the El Bajío community in Sonora.

9 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help tackle the impact of the recruitment of children by armed groups on (a) the humanitarian situation and (b) human rights

6 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to commission an independent review of the (a) carbon capture and storage programme and (b) associated cluster model ahead of the next Carbon Budget Delivery Plan

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce consumption of ultra-processed food among children.

3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken in response to reports of human rights abuses in Bangladesh.

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications his Department had (a) received and (b) paid for the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme on 29 May 2025; and what steps he is taking to decrease the time taken to make those payments.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure continuity of transport support for disabled students aged 16 to 18.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Medicine: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that medical students in receipt of the NHS Bursary can also access full student maintenance loans in their final years of study.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the revised funding limits under the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on children in kinship care.

30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the loss of transitional protection under Universal Credit for claimants who form a couple, including where one partner acts as a carer.

20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities have (a) clear guidance and (b) funding to meet the March 2026 deadline for collecting (i) food, (ii) drink, (iii) liquid cartons an

20 May 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the expansion of the Point-Based System to increase in the stan

15 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

BBC

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the speech by the BBC Director General on 14 May 2025.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a VALOUR-recognised support centre will be located in Leeds.

14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help armed forces (a) veterans and (b) families to access NHS dental treatment.

13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to incorporate mental health training into midwifery education.

13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Enforcement Conduct Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) making the Enforcement Conduct Board's voluntary accreditation scheme regulations for Bailiffs mandatory and (b) giving the Board the power to authori

9 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Budgets

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to include costed policies to meet the (a) fourth, (b) fifth and (c) sixth carbon budget as part of the forthcoming climate action plan.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orthopaedics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of amputations for vascular and venous disease; and what discussions he has had with experts in th

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